Zack Rock's Illustration Blog » Food http://www.zackrock.com/blog Blogging Stuff So You Don't Have To Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:59:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 OH-JAY! http://www.zackrock.com/blog/2010/07/20/oh-jay/ http://www.zackrock.com/blog/2010/07/20/oh-jay/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:17:11 +0000 Zack http://www.zackrock.com/blog/?p=654

OH-JAY! It’s got the sugary taste kids love! OH-JAY! The only orange-colored jooze drink recommended by dentists to ensure their profession’s continued profitability! OH-JAY! Giraffe’s drink it! OH-JAY! Buy some! Repeatedly!
OH-JAY!

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All the images in this post (except the header), © Copyright Her Interactive, Inc.

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“Hey there, friends! I’m Bernard Nickels, but most people just call me “Beardo.” I’ve been cooking up delicious organicfood in my van since 1968, when it was just me and a couple vats of wheatgrass. Over the years, the operation has grown to twenty vans, but my desire to produce healthy and eclectic meals stays the same. So pop open a can and enjoy. It’s just like mother nature used to make!”

-Bernard “Beardo” Nickels, Head Guru, Beardo’s Bounty

INGREDIENTS: Organic tofu, organic patchouli marinade (pine bark shavings, humanely harvested bear sweat, words of healing, incense ash, faerie tears), organic baby bok choy, organic sullen teenage bok choy, moonbeams, eight hour guitar solo, Lucy-procured sky diamonds.

Also Available: Curried Soy Chunks, Tempeh Wads in Saffron Sauce.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR DELICIOUS CEREALS!

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Remember, you can always find me on Twitter and Etsy!

All the images in this post (except the header), © Copyright Her Interactive, Inc.

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In the 13th Century, Genghis Khan led an unstoppable army through Eurasia, conquering all in his path, driven by one burning desire: to discover the world’s greatest soup! Now, BROTH of KHAN invites you to lead your horde into the realms of deliciousness with our mouth-watering selection of hardy soups. Take just one bite and you’ll agree, it’s a soup fit for a KHAN!

INGREDIENTS: Entrails, falcon mutes, the tears of lamentation from the eyes of all enemies of the great khan, corn syrup.

Also Available: Airag Gumbo, Muttonsnout Stew.

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All the images in this post (except the header), © Copyright Her Interactive, Inc.
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Excuse the hiatus – one of the difficulties of being a professional video game artist is that by the end of the work day my creative energies get a bit zapped. This is especially true when what I’m doing at work is especially creatively challenging and/or fulfilling. Though I’ve recently finished a project that was both, I can’t show it to you for a few months (another difficulty with being a professional video game artist).

What I can start to show you is the work I did on the recently released (like, today) 22nd installment in the ever-expanding casefiles of one Miss Nancy Drew, entitled Trail of the Twister. One of my environments in this game was a Oklahoman Mom and Pop store called – wait for it – Ma and Pa’s. That’s right, I was entirely responsible for coming up with enough product art to fill an entire convenience store.

So, over the next few weeks I’ll be inundating you with products that don’t actually exist, but definitely definitely should. Like this totally edible-looking cereal:

I don’t know about you, but my mouth is watering just thinking about that delicious homunculus!

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Remember, you can always find me on Twitter and Etsy!

All the images in this post (except the header), © Copyright Her Interactive, Inc.
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So, high on the work of others, I decided to attempt my own (less ambitious) What Are You Like piece:

WhatAreYouLike

How about you guys? I’d love to see some of the favorite things of everyone out there. How about this: if you decide to make your own What Are You Like piece, send it over to me and I’ll collect everyone’s together in a future blog post.

Sound good? ‘ight, get to it then!

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3400 Phinney

Designed by the good people at KittenChops, the wrappers were the only reason I even tried my first 3400 Phinney bar (it was the Bread and Chocolate one. How can you say no to that kitty?).

In conclusion, I’m a sucker for quality chocolate wrapped in quality illustration. Oh, and as a passing bit of guidance, if you happen to pick up Theo’s special Venezuelan 91% dark chocolate bar at your local hippiemart, don’t eat it straight. Bake it into a cake or something. 91% cocoa is just… not… pleasant…

Okay, that’s it. Happy Easter!

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